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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2012 at 01:25
Progarchive lists, like most other popularity lists, are best ignored. Popularity is a disease and top 100 lists are pretentious. Especially those that are overly populated with non-pretentious bands to distract from their true pretentious nature. Its nothing more than pretentious subterfuge. I blame hipsters and libertarians.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2012 at 00:38
Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:


If your intelligent deduction is right....Then ELP has only 941 fans? I believe Trilogy and BSS should be higher, but I'm part of an almost extinct race of old farts who prefer classic Prog, and part of the minority.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2012 at 00:34
1) Alitare's rant was brilliant snark.  Clap
 
2) I like Family Guy but have only watched it online.
 
3) Prog Archives' Top 100 is not the same as my Top 100, but there is very little on it that I would declaim vociferously in expectation that everyone should agree with me.  I have been around the block a few times and I know that not everyone agrees with me.  I am fine with that.  Different strokes for different folks and all that.  And yet I too am surprised by how low ELP rates in general on this site, but I only find that a curiosity and not an offence to my jaded and extraordinary tastes.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 03 2012 at 00:20
Originally posted by altaeria altaeria wrote:



Am I reading this correctly?  

Yes I guess so.

Originally posted by altaeria altaeria wrote:

According to the ProgArchives "TOP PROG ALBUMS" (of all-time)  list,
ANGLAGARD has TWO (!!)  albums ranked in the top 13 ...

yet  ELP barely squeezed one album in at  # 75  ??

- 86% of 827 Collaborators, members and guests have given 4 or 5 stars ratings to Hybris (59% have voted 5 stars)
- 84% out of 271 Collaborators, members and guests have rated Viljans Öga with 4 or 5 stars (62% with 5 stars)...I haven't voted yet, but will rate it with 4 stars.

- 86% of 941 Collaborators, members and guests have given 4 or 5 stars ratings to Hybris (Only 47% have voted 5 stars)

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Originally posted by Altaeria Altaeria wrote:

Is this like one of those goofy Rolling Stone Magazine lists?

The difference is that here any Prog fan in the world can REVIEW and  rate, in Rolling Stones, their staff has the last word (Their voting system is not transparent, because they're staff guide people with their reviews  and people don't review, only vote)

Originally posted by altaeria altaeria wrote:

Oh-- and has anybody told BIG BIG TRAIN that they 
apparently recorded the #20 greatest Prog album of all-time ???

Not necessarily the 20th best Prog album of all times, but the 20th best voted album in Prog Archives 

Originally posted by altaeria altaeria wrote:

I'm sure the band and their 167 fans worldwide will be totally psyched !!! 

If your intelligent deduction is right....Then ELP has only 941 fans? 

I believe Trilogy and BSS should be higher, but I'm part of an almost extinct race of old farts who prefer classic Prog, and part of the minority.

Get used to this.

Iván


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2012 at 23:59
Originally posted by Gallifrey Gallifrey wrote:

Originally posted by KingCrInuYasha KingCrInuYasha wrote:


Rolling Stone, on the other hand, puts about as much effort in their humor as the writers of Family Guy from Season 7 onward.

I like how this comment is done in the style of a "family guy joke", yet is dissing it at the same time. Very clever.

Hah! I didn't pick up on that, I should have.  


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2012 at 23:41
Originally posted by KingCrInuYasha KingCrInuYasha wrote:


Rolling Stone, on the other hand, puts about as much effort in their humor as the writers of Family Guy from Season 7 onward.

I like how this comment is done in the style of a "family guy joke", yet is dissing it at the same time. Very clever.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2012 at 23:38
I like the recent Family Guy stuff, even if they only have two good characters left.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2012 at 23:35
Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

Family Guy is always funny k.

I agree. I don't get why "Family Guy purists" think they went seriously downhill after the first few seasons, I mean what big difference actually occurred between seasons 3 and 5? The worst you get now is a fairly mediocre episode once in a while, and that has only been happening since around, I'd say, season 8. 

Oh, also, vegemite is tasty, and I've never been impressed by ELP.  
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2012 at 21:44
Originally posted by Alitare Alitare wrote:

Hey, I hate ELP as much as any rational a****le, but I happen to dislike about 84% of the top 100 list at any given point in time. Complaining about one is as practical as complaining about another. That being said - feel free to make your own list. If you're still upset over it, Progarchives offers a host of respectable solutions.

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Welcome, and thank you for choosing Progressive Rock Archives. The wonderful realm of the Progressive Rock Archives (shortened: ProgArchives (shortened PA (shorted: Puh))) welcomes you Back to the World of Adventure! We have exciting games and entertainment venues. You can truly find out Wot...uh, the deal is. We are a fully interactive web-based community devoted to:
-Spreading disgusting political misinformation
-Pretending that Dream Theater is worth a damn
-collecting every pretentious rock group known to man in one stupendous database which is currently updated and maintained by David Lynch, Thing-Fish, and three blind mice.
-Vainly attempting to define what 'prog' means - with hilarious results! (I think it is a secret code-word invented by the Gestapo to track down runaway Jews in 1943)

Here are some of our healthy guidelines - follow these and you'll be an up-and-coming Light-house Keeper like the rest of us.
Progarchives fully supports blatant dishonesty - one-star those pretentious bands into oblivion! If you actually haven't heard the album - even better, just like Christgau. You get bonus points for writing a review for an album that hasn't been officially released yet.

If your blind virulence has yet to achieve the desired results, Progarchives recommends creating several false duplicate accounts to further besmirch their waning reputations. Make sure you name your second, third, or fifteenth accounts sharply and wittily for our site-wide annual 'spot that duplicate!' contest. Winners will receive a copy of Epignosis' new album and a secret link to illegal torrent sites.

We here appreciate diversity. Try inventing personality quirks to spice up the environment. Some like to make bold claims such as "All music created after 1989 is utter garbage no matter what". Others like to claim that a specific band/artist is terrible, even if they secretly enjoy that group. These characters are lucky, Lucky Men and are beloved site-round. Try developing a catch phrase such as 'Rush sucks!' '3.5 stars really!' or 'Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish'.

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So I personally welcome you to the Promised Land, where all your Geoff Tates are bitter and all your dreams will come true - unless you get banned.


LOL, knowing that I'm personally guilty of some of these things...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2012 at 20:41
Family Guy is always funny k.

Edited by Horizons - October 02 2012 at 20:43
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2012 at 20:09
Sorry, I don't watch Family Guy, but I think I get your point.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2012 at 20:07
Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

Originally posted by Padraic Padraic wrote:

Originally posted by altaeria altaeria wrote:



Is this like one of those goofy Rolling Stone Magazine lists?


Yes, except more math and less snark.

What do you mean when you say "snark" ?


Snark is what Altair posted about two hours ago in this topic. The only difference is that - at least with that post - he actually makes an attempt to be funny, and while I don't necessarily agree with him, I get a good chuckle and go back to what I was doing.

Rolling Stone, on the other hand, puts about as much effort in their humor as the writers of Family Guy from Season 7 onward.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2012 at 20:03
Originally posted by Alitare Alitare wrote:

Hey, I hate ELP as much as any rational a****le, but I happen to dislike about 84% of the top 100 list at any given point in time. Complaining about one is as practical as complaining about another. That being said - feel free to make your own list. If you're still upset over it, Progarchives offers a host of respectable solutions.

PA survival guide:
Welcome, and thank you for choosing Progressive Rock Archives. The wonderful realm of the Progressive Rock Archives (shortened: ProgArchives (shortened PA (shorted: Puh))) welcomes you Back to the World of Adventure! We have exciting games and entertainment venues. You can truly find out Wot...uh, the deal is. We are a fully interactive web-based community devoted to:
-Spreading disgusting political misinformation
-Pretending that Dream Theater is worth a damn
-collecting every pretentious rock group known to man in one stupendous database which is currently updated and maintained by David Lynch, Thing-Fish, and three blind mice.
-Vainly attempting to define what 'prog' means - with hilarious results! (I think it is a secret code-word invented by the Gestapo to track down runaway Jews in 1943)

Here are some of our healthy guidelines - follow these and you'll be an up-and-coming Light-house Keeper like the rest of us.
Progarchives fully supports blatant dishonesty - one-star those pretentious bands into oblivion! If you actually haven't heard the album - even better, just like Christgau. You get bonus points for writing a review for an album that hasn't been officially released yet.

If your blind virulence has yet to achieve the desired results, Progarchives recommends creating several false duplicate accounts to further besmirch their waning reputations. Make sure you name your second, third, or fifteenth accounts sharply and wittily for our site-wide annual 'spot that duplicate!' contest. Winners will receive a copy of Epignosis' new album and a secret link to illegal torrent sites.

We here appreciate diversity. Try inventing personality quirks to spice up the environment. Some like to make bold claims such as "All music created after 1989 is utter garbage no matter what". Others like to claim that a specific band/artist is terrible, even if they secretly enjoy that group. These characters are lucky, Lucky Men and are beloved site-round. Try developing a catch phrase such as 'Rush sucks!' '3.5 stars really!' or 'Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish'.

In our popular forums section, you may:
-Vote in meaningless polls
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-shout "Rush rules!"
-poke fun at Metal Music Archives
-Engage in vehemently cruel debates over Religion, Politics, Music and My Little Pony. No Swearing!

So I personally welcome you to the Promised Land, where all your Geoff Tates are bitter and all your dreams will come true - unless you get banned.

Well said---I hate Christgau too. Now I suggest you move to Williamsburg Brooklyn-- there's a hipster colony there and you could find your happiness---. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2012 at 20:03
Originally posted by lmaorofllollmao lmaorofllollmao wrote:

Elp is the most overrated prog band on earth. The problem is- THEYRE PRETENTIOUS AS HECK! While they are fine artists, it seems like lots of their songs is just a bunch of randomn playing on the keyboard, and then all the masses go "OMG THATS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLAY", not even thinking about what they're listening to.

lmaorofllollmao, don't take the replies to this post of yours too personal. The first few claims you've made here are very familiar to me, but to say that Emerson was doing a lot of random playing on a keyboard? That's just not right. You have to take into account the fact that Emerson's parents were wealthy enough to afford the classes that their son took, learning about all the technical stuff in theory and in practice. He became capable of synthesizing some serious ideas of classical and jazz music. Technicality can go overboard to the point of sounding random without actually being it.

Bottom line is: Emerson learns, loves, and lives like a progressive thinker, but you probably won't understand that even if you do find yourself deeply engrossed in musical studies.

Originally posted by lmaorofllollmao lmaorofllollmao wrote:

... and then all the masses go "OMG THATS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLAY", not even thinking about what they're listening to.

There is nothing one human being cannot handle that another one can ... except the willingness to handle (if you are following me). And I do think about what I listen/am listening.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2012 at 19:43
Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

Spoken like a true 13 year old who wasn't around when ELP came into existence.  Bands didn't w**k on their keyboards prior to guys like Keith Emerson.




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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2012 at 19:31
It's like all the 1's and 0's behind all of our fancy software came out of the woodwork to haunt us.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2012 at 19:09
Argonaut, or an admin, mind editing that so it's normal?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2012 at 19:07
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2012 at 18:52
Mein Gott, what is going on here? 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 02 2012 at 18:50
Seems pretty obvious that newer releases will usually be graded higher then their 'natural' level as they have fewer total votes and the standard deviation would be smaller. Further affected by less well known bands having a lot of fanboy votes for new releases. Over time the deviation should increase and the rating will settle to a more appropriate level.

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